The perfect bass has....

[2saddleslab]

Let me think..................2 saddles on a slab bass.

 

[urkel3000]

Dont laugh at me but I'm pretty sure the perfect bass would be Ibanez ATK bridge/electronics on an ash/rosewood p bass

 

[klejst]

I agree with some of your lists and the others here. I'll add, No maple neck...go rosewood.

 

[five7]

The perfect bass makes me lots of money. None of the 100 I have owned has done that though. Oh well.

 

[Shenron]

- most comfortable and fastest fretboard for my hands (I'll know it when I try it)
- as light as possible without any neck dive
- low action but long sustain
- stays in tune for a long time
- multiple pickups and tone control
- 24 frets
- glow-in-the-dark side dots
- shape and color that are not unfit for most music genres

 

[ghiggin1079]

Doesn't exist bc it has to be 5 string, NON-FSO, and switchable passive/active preamp

 

[Stewie]

1. 4 strings
2. 34” scale
3. 1 5/8 nut
4. No frets
5. GHS Flats
6. Split P pickup
7. 3 Tone Sunburst
8. Tortoise pick guard
9. Rosewood fingerboard

Do I win?

 

[hondo4life]

1. 4 strings
2. 34” scale
3. 1 5/8 nut
4. No frets
5. GHS Flats
6. Split P pickup
7. 3 Tone Sunburst
8. Tortoise pick guard
9. Rosewood fingerboard

Do I win?View attachment 7252306

That is pretty close, but I’d also want an identical one with frets.

 

[jimmydean]

Has been given to me by Sadowsky or Dingwall as a gift the next time I visit the shop .

 

[logdrum]

Pedulla Buzz Bass with no fret markers.

Did he ever make one? That epoxy he used is tough. I;ve already dinged the pickup covers and will need a new brass nut

 

[TrevorR]

1. 34” scale
2. 4 strings
3. 2 pickups (bridge humbucker, neck negotiable)
4. Active
5. Volume, Blend, 2 or 3 band EQ or filter based EQ
6. Non-maple fingerboard
7. Slimmer width neck (doesn’t have to be Jazz skinny) but with some depth…

…and that’s about it.

 

[Passinwind]

What's yours?

1) Made by a highly talented personal friend as a one-off with my personal preferences considered

2) Unlined fretless, no maple fingerboard please

3) Four strings

4) 2 + 2 angled headstock, no string trees

5) Active electronics, I will roll my own

6) Natural finish, no plastic anything, maybe excepting the nut

7) Not an FSO

And although both of my basses meet all those bullet points, neither one is anywhere close to "perfect", and I like it that way.

 

[Basvarken]

1. Four strings
2. Zero batteries
3. Les Paul shaped body
4. Narrow yet fat neck
5. Two stacked low impedance humbuckers
6. Volume, Treble, Bass, Tone Selector switch, Phase selector
7. Dark walnut coloring
8. A 2 x 2 headstock with black face
9. Rosewood fingerboard
10. Side jack

Can you guess which bass? ;-)

 

[edr]

1: Five strings
2: 3x2 tuners (or 2x3?) or headless
3: no neck dive
4: gloss poly finish
5: Humbuckers with coil taps, or "noiseless" J-style pups. Either HH, or the MJ thing that the lakland 55-02 has going on
6: Active with passive options
7: narrow neck (~1.75" at nut),
8: makes me good at bass, of course

 

[coy garcia]

4st Thick neck, fretless ebony fingerboard with a zero fret,1 single coil pu, 1 volume knob, and no neck dive....extra points if it looks beat to hell.

 

[Longwheelbass]

...a gold guard and maple board...

 

[Old Blastard]

Andrew Drake of Drake Custom Bass as the builder.

 

[sleddogn]

I sign that reads free

 

[TheArchitect]

1. Five strings
2. Zero batteries
3. Offset (jazz-style) body
4. Jazz neck
5. One double-coil soapbar humbucker
6. Two knobs - volume and tone
7. Dark Night coloring
8. A headstock that matches the body
9. Rosewood or ebony fingerboard
10. Front jack

What's yours?

I have not tried it yet but I think right now the perfect bass has P bass Electronics in a J Bass body, with a J bass neck with graphite reinforcement rods and a compensated nut. I will need 2 though, 1 rounds and one flats.

 

[Major Seven]

45 degree balance on a strap.